The computer music tutorial / Curtis Roads with John Strawn ... [et al.].
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. ; MIT Press, c1996.Description: xx, 1234 p. : ill., music, ports. ; 26 cmISBN: - 0262680823
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A comprehensive text and reference that covers all aspects of computer music, including digital audio, synthesis techniques, signal processing, musical input devices, performance software, editing systems, algorithmic composition, MIDI, synthesizer architecture, system interconnection, and psychoacoustics.
The Computer Music Tutorial is a comprehensive text and reference that covers all aspects of computer music, including digital audio, synthesis techniques, signal processing, musical input devices, performance software, editing systems, algorithmic composition, MIDI, synthesizer architecture, system interconnection, and psychoacoustics. A special effort has been made to impart an appreciation for the rich history behind current activities in the field. Profusely illustrated and exhaustively referenced and cross-referenced, The Computer Music Tutorial provides a step-by-step introduction to the entire field of computer music techniques. Written for nontechnical as well as technical readers, it uses hundreds of charts, diagrams, screen images, and photographs as well as clear explanations to present basic concepts and terms. Mathematical notation and program code examples are used only when absolutely necessary. Explanations are not tied to any specific software or hardware.
The material in this book was compiled and refined over a period of several years of teaching in classes at Harvard University, Oberlin Conservatory, the University of Naples, IRCAM, Les Ateliers UPIC, and in seminars and workshops in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword: New Music and Science (p. ix)
- Preface (p. xiii)
- Acknowledgments (p. xix)
- I Fundamental Concepts Overview to Part I (p. 3)
- 1 Digital Audio Concepts (p. 5)
- 2 Music Systems Programming (p. 49)
- II Sound Synthesis Overview to Part II (p. 83)
- 3 Introduction to Digital Sound Synthesis (p. 85)
- 4 Sampling and Additive Synthesis (p. 115)
- 5 Multiple Wavetable, Wave Terrain, Granular, and Subtractive Synthesis (p. 157)
- 6 Modulation Synthesis (p. 213)
- 7 Physical Modeling and Formant Synthesis (p. 263)
- 8 Waveform Segment, Graphic, and Stochastic Synthesis (p. 317)
- III Mixing and Signal Processing Overview to Part III (p. 349)
- 9 Sound Mixing (p. 353)
- 10 Basic Concepts of Signal Processing (p. 387)
- 11 Sound Spatialization and Reverberation (p. 449)
- IV Sound Analysis Overview to Part IV (p. 495)
- 12 Pitch and Rhythm Recognition (p. 497)
- 13 Spectrum Analysis (p. 533)
- V The Musician's Interface Overview to Part V (p. 613)
- 14 Musical Input Devices (p. 617)
- 15 Performance Software (p. 659)
- 16 Music Editors (p. 703)
- 17 Music Languages (p. 783)
- 18 Algorithmic Composition Systems (p. 819)
- 19 Representations and Strategies for Algorithmic Composition (p. 853)
- VI Internals and Interconnections Overview to Part VI (p. 913)
- 20 Internals of Digital Signal Processors (p. 915)
- 21 MIDI (p. 969)
- 22 System Interconnections (p. 1017)
- VII Psychoacoustics Overview to Part VII (p. 1051)
- 23 Psychoacoustics in Computer Music (p. 1053)
- Appendix
- Fourier Analysis (p. 1073)
- Curtis Roads and Philip Greenspun
- References (p. 1113)
- Name Index (p. 1205)
- Subject Index (p. 1211)